Delivering credible deterrence for America and its allies by mass manufacturing robotic defense systems. Current mission: 1 million drones per year.
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The results are in for @DIU_x Drone Gauntlet II.
We’re proud to place #1 in Close Quarters Battle and #3 for Deep Strike, and to be the only drone manufacturer in the top 5 placement for both missions.
These results are a testament to the adaptability of our Archer FPV system, designed from the ground up to flex to the needs of the military operator in every battlefield scenario.
As the only manufacturer with Gauntlet I drone commitments fully shipped and accepted, we’re standing by and ready to fulfill against the expected 14k drone order from the Department of War.
Major kudos to everyone on the Neros team for working tirelessly in support of Gauntlet II, and onward to Gauntlet III.
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Neros Technologies retweeted
🇺🇸 Neros (@neros_tech) Archer FPV.
Marines with 4th Marine Regiment and 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, fly an unmanned aircraft system aboard a Multi-Mission Reconnaissance Craft-B off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.
(@USMC 📸 by Lance Cpl. Oscar Ocampo)
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Maneuver warfare means being able to conduct missions anytime, day or night.
In Santiago, Puerto Rico, 22nd MEU (SOC) Marines were trained and certified by 2nd Marine Division and the Marine Corps Attack Drone Team on FPV systems, using the Neros Archer.
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Recently, a Neros instructor embedded with @USArmy 7ID for a two-day combined arms live fire exercise, camping alongside operators in the field the entire 48 hours to make sure they had the support they needed.
A 1-2SBCT team leader said our instructor “provided epic support (per usual)” and was with them “every step of the way” to the point he’s now known as their “Strike Team Mascot”.
Proud of our Business Development team for always going the extra mile to keep end users lethal with our drones.
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Neros Technologies retweeted
We’ve reached another milestone in the @DeptofWar's race for American Drone Dominance.
Just weeks after the conclusion of Gauntlet II, the Drone Dominance Program has selected the top five performers in both Deep Strike and Close Quarters Battle mission areas. Each will receive orders from a pool of 60,000 drones – 3x the scale of Gauntlet I.
These drones are also cheaper, more capable, and sourced from a supply chain more closely tied to the American industrial base.
View the winning companies and the updated leaderboard here: dronedominance.mil/leaderboa…
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We're hosting the AI Grand Prix alongside @anduriltech and @dronechampionsl.
This week, 15 teams from across the globe will compete in an extended hackathon to add autonomous navigation features to Neros drones before moving on to the final event at Anduril's Arsenal-1 later this year.
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Neros Technologies retweeted
📍Camp Santiago, #UnitedStates (🇺🇸)
In Puerto Rico, Littoral Combat Force-24 is conducting live-fire target training with the Neros Archer FPV.
FPV training is key, as malign groups such as FARC (as seen in this week's radar attack) utilize these assets.
📸: DVIDS
📍Camp Santiago, #UnitedStates (🇺🇸)
The @USMC's 22nd MEU continues with first-person view (FPV) attack drone training at Camp Santiago in Puerto Rico as part of their deployment with the Iwo Jima ARG.
📸: 22nd MEU
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The results are in for @DIU_x Drone Gauntlet II.
We’re proud to place #1 in Close Quarters Battle and #3 for Deep Strike, and to be the only drone manufacturer in the top 5 placement for both missions.
These results are a testament to the adaptability of our Archer FPV system, designed from the ground up to flex to the needs of the military operator in every battlefield scenario.
As the only manufacturer with Gauntlet I drone commitments fully shipped and accepted, we’re standing by and ready to fulfill against the expected 14k drone order from the Department of War.
Major kudos to everyone on the Neros team for working tirelessly in support of Gauntlet II, and onward to Gauntlet III.
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Neros Technologies retweeted
You Can't Hide From Us
@USMC with #v32, #lcf24, conduct a Neros Archer first-person view drone live-fire range in Puerto Rico.
U.S. military forces are #deployed to the @Southcom area of operation in support of #jtfwhem and @DeptofWar-directed operations.
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Neros Technologies retweeted
Gauntlet 2 was the Drone Dominance Program’s most demanding test to date. Operators pushed participants to their limits, flying 1,858 sorties across 23 platforms from 19 companies.
Vendors rose to the challenge with improved capabilities. Each of the 11 platforms evaluated at long distance made it to 15 km. (In Gauntlet 1, only 24% of drones managed to reach 10 km).
Performance evaluations are under way, with orders and scoreboard announcements coming soon.
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Archer AI introduces useful autonomy to warfighters through features like Terminal Guidance and GPS-Denied Position Hold, both capabilities designed to improve mission success by reducing operator cognitive load and improving their strike accuracy.
Like all Neros platforms, Archer AI is designed to extend warfighter lethality, and be mass-manufactured right here in America.
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After @DIU_x Drone Dominance Gauntlet I, Neros was the first manufacturer to deliver 100% of its 2,400-drone order. For that accomplishment, we were awarded a bonus order for another 2,000 drones, which have now fully shipped as well.
Delivering credible deterrence requires more than small volumes of high performance drones, and Neros is proving that that America can produce unmanned systems at scale, and with the speed and flexibility demanded by the Department of War.
Proud of all of the Neros teams that made this happen. Stay tuned for Gauntlet II results.
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Neros Technologies retweeted
.@soren_ma says Neros' Millennium One facility has the largest American flag in the South Bay 🇺🇸
"That was really important to us."
"This one is 30 x 60."
"Next facility needs to have higher ceilings so we can go even bigger."
The @DeptofWar's Drone Dominance Program will rapidly arm the warfighter with drones capable of delivering lethal effects in the most demanding battlefield environments.
By 2027, the Drone Dominance Program intends to purchase over 200,000 AMERICAN MADE drones to maintain battlefield superiority.
AMERICAN DRONE DOMINANCE 🇺🇸
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Last week, we supported live fire demonstrations in South Korea in conjunction with 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division (2ID/RUCD) and Marines from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
While there, soldiers validated our Archer's long-range strike capabilities for small regiment artillery.
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FULL INTERVIEW: @soren_ma founded Neros to onshore domestic drone manufacturing.
He and @shaunmmaguire joined us on today's show to discuss his company's recent Series C, scaling drone production, and building a secure American drone supply chain.
00:30 - Update on Neros and the Series C
02:20 - Building a domestic supply chain
04:20 - Neros’ new Bandit interceptor drone
07:45 - The massive commercial market opportunity
09:20 - Manufacturing a million drones a year
13:30 - Drone racing as a recruiting pipeline for defense
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My second interview with @OHichwa, Co-Founder & CTO of @Neros_Tech.
0:38 Redesigning a production line from scratch
1:15 Building 1,200 drones per week
1:43 Drones cause 70% of all casualties in Ukraine
3:10 China sells millions of drones to Russia
6:40 Focusing on operators
9:12 Archer AI
11:18 Building for users, not the government
14:13 Creating multiple products in parallel
16:24 Bandit — drone interceptor
20:46 Why it’s important to build weapons systems
23:30 Russia is targeting civilian infrastructure
29:23 Manually shooting down drones
31:43 Learning from operator footage
34:21 Consumer photography drones
36:51 Choosing what to vertically integrate
39:33 Reality forces the Elon algorithm
41:32 The different levels of scale
45:31 Learning from Starlink
46:33 Engineering faster
48:00 Mass production vs prototyping
50:58 Working with the US Government
54:59 Manufacturing 1 million drones a year
56:56 Learning from Chinese drone companies
1:02:58 Taiwan
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Neros Technologies retweeted
FACTORY TOUR: Inside Neros' 250K sqft "Millennium One" Facility
Co-Founder & CEO Soren Monroe-Anderson (@soren_ma) walks us through the building sized for 1 million drones a year.
We look at the @neros_tech engineering labs, flight-test operation, assembly lines, & 100% end-of-line flight testing, then out to the open floor reserved for in-house component manufacturing
Everything under one roof.
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒
(00:00) Inside Neros' 250,000 sq. ft. Millennium One Factory
(01:23) How Neros pushes its drones to the limit
(02:36) Why 3D printing can't solve the drone supply chain problem
(03:40) How their drones are built different
(06:21) The new 300 km/h Bandit interceptor
(09:09) Inside the drone assembly line: producing 250+ drones a day
(11:18) South Bay's biggest American flag
(11:42) How Neros stress-tests its drones
(15:36) Inside the new product introduction line
(17:02) What roles is Neros hiring for
(19:01) Soren's hot take on defense tech
BREAKING: Neros Raises $250M Series C at $2.5 Billion Valuation
FULL INTERVIEW
"America should have the capability to have factories that can make millions of drones per year because that's what modern conflict demands."
Co-Founder & CEO Soren Monroe-Anderson (@soren_ma) takes us inside the new 250K sq ft Torrance factory. Currently shipping ~1,250 drones a week. Sized for 1 million a year by 2028.
Fresh off a $500M Army IDIQ for 100,000s of drones over 5 years
This round was led by @shaunmmaguire of @sequoia & American Strategic Technology Fund w/ participation from Interlagos, Valor Equity Partners, Allen & Company, Thiel Capital, Spark Capital, & Mantis
With this capital @neros_tech is now going multi-product with:
› Archer AI — Autonomous strike drone
› Bandit — Counter-drone interceptor
› Marksman — Ruggedized operator handset
› Useful Autonomy — Framework for evaluating autonomy claims
ICYMI: China builds an estimated tens of millions of drones a year & arms both sides in Ukraine. America is way behind, representing just 1% of the world's small drones.
Neros was the first FPV maker to win Blue UAS certification, meaning a fully NDAA-compliant supply chain with no reliance on China.
"You can look at our boards, you can look at all of the chips that go onto our boards. Those will not have ever touched China."
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒
(00:00) Soren Monroe-Anderson, Co-Founder & CEO at Neros Technologies
(01:02) $250M Series C at a $2.5B valuation
(03:34) Working with Shawn Maguire
(04:25) Inside the Army's $500M drone contract
(05:38) How the Ukraine war rewrote modern combat
(08:05) The Interceptor drones taking over the battlefield
(10:31) How many drones China really makes in a year
(12:55) Is it even possible to build a drone without China?
(16:09) China is arming both sides of the war
(17:08) What actually separates Neros from every other drone company
(19:55) The biggest BS claims in defense tech right now
(20:51) Why most defense startups never actually deploy?
(22:58) Neros’s growth to over 250 employees
(24:00) Why defense startups need to screen for spies
(25:29) The Talent bottleneck slowing down American manufacturing
(26:51) How AI is quietly reshaping engineers
(29:43) The biggest myth about re-industrializing America
(30:50) Neros's plan to build drones with U.S. allies
(32:53) The brutal tradeoff between speed and scale
(34:51) Why Neros keeps a permanent office in Ukraine?
(35:52) What actually happens on a modern battlefield?
(37:41) How Starlink is changing drone warfare
(39:14) What happens when a drone loses its signal
(40:41) Soren’s learnings from Kelly Johnson
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Neros raised $250 million in a funding round that tripled its valuation to $2.5 billion, money that will boost the defense startup’s drone development and production bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Neros Technologies retweeted
Under Secretary of War for Research & Engineering, & Department of War CTO Emil Michael (@USWREMichael & @DoWCTO) says @neros_tech is one of the emerging defense tech companies he is most excited about:
"Everyone talks about Anduril & Palantir & SpaceX. Those are the 3 companies that in the last 10 years have broken into the defense sector to challenge Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, the older primes."
"My job is to create 5 more companies that work in the department and bring new capabilities."
" I'm excited about everything from Planet Labs that does commercial satellite imagery, to Neros the drone company, to Hadrian that's doing AI manufacturing."
"These companies are awesome, and they're doing great things, and they're doing things that are hard, that involve hardware, not just software."
BREAKING: Neros Raises $250M Series C at $2.5 Billion Valuation
FULL INTERVIEW
"America should have the capability to have factories that can make millions of drones per year because that's what modern conflict demands."
Co-Founder & CEO Soren Monroe-Anderson (@soren_ma) takes us inside the new 250K sq ft Torrance factory. Currently shipping ~1,250 drones a week. Sized for 1 million a year by 2028.
Fresh off a $500M Army IDIQ for 100,000s of drones over 5 years
This round was led by @shaunmmaguire of @sequoia & American Strategic Technology Fund w/ participation from Interlagos, Valor Equity Partners, Allen & Company, Thiel Capital, Spark Capital, & Mantis
With this capital @neros_tech is now going multi-product with:
› Archer AI — Autonomous strike drone
› Bandit — Counter-drone interceptor
› Marksman — Ruggedized operator handset
› Useful Autonomy — Framework for evaluating autonomy claims
ICYMI: China builds an estimated tens of millions of drones a year & arms both sides in Ukraine. America is way behind, representing just 1% of the world's small drones.
Neros was the first FPV maker to win Blue UAS certification, meaning a fully NDAA-compliant supply chain with no reliance on China.
"You can look at our boards, you can look at all of the chips that go onto our boards. Those will not have ever touched China."
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒
(00:00) Soren Monroe-Anderson, Co-Founder & CEO at Neros Technologies
(01:02) $250M Series C at a $2.5B valuation
(03:34) Working with Shawn Maguire
(04:25) Inside the Army's $500M drone contract
(05:38) How the Ukraine war rewrote modern combat
(08:05) The Interceptor drones taking over the battlefield
(10:31) How many drones China really makes in a year
(12:55) Is it even possible to build a drone without China?
(16:09) China is arming both sides of the war
(17:08) What actually separates Neros from every other drone company
(19:55) The biggest BS claims in defense tech right now
(20:51) Why most defense startups never actually deploy?
(22:58) Neros’s growth to over 250 employees
(24:00) Why defense startups need to screen for spies
(25:29) The Talent bottleneck slowing down American manufacturing
(26:51) How AI is quietly reshaping engineers
(29:43) The biggest myth about re-industrializing America
(30:50) Neros's plan to build drones with U.S. allies
(32:53) The brutal tradeoff between speed and scale
(34:51) Why Neros keeps a permanent office in Ukraine?
(35:52) What actually happens on a modern battlefield?
(37:41) How Starlink is changing drone warfare
(39:14) What happens when a drone loses its signal
(40:41) Soren’s learnings from Kelly Johnson
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Neros CEO @soren_ma sits down with @MollySOShea to talk through our Series C fundraise, how it'll accelerate our expansion into new military capabilities, and what it takes to build a drone industrial base capable of producing one million drones per year.
BREAKING: Neros Raises $250M Series C at $2.5 Billion Valuation
FULL INTERVIEW
"America should have the capability to have factories that can make millions of drones per year because that's what modern conflict demands."
Co-Founder & CEO Soren Monroe-Anderson (@soren_ma) takes us inside the new 250K sq ft Torrance factory. Currently shipping ~1,250 drones a week. Sized for 1 million a year by 2028.
Fresh off a $500M Army IDIQ for 100,000s of drones over 5 years
This round was led by @shaunmmaguire of @sequoia & American Strategic Technology Fund w/ participation from Interlagos, Valor Equity Partners, Allen & Company, Thiel Capital, Spark Capital, & Mantis
With this capital @neros_tech is now going multi-product with:
› Archer AI — Autonomous strike drone
› Bandit — Counter-drone interceptor
› Marksman — Ruggedized operator handset
› Useful Autonomy — Framework for evaluating autonomy claims
ICYMI: China builds an estimated tens of millions of drones a year & arms both sides in Ukraine. America is way behind, representing just 1% of the world's small drones.
Neros was the first FPV maker to win Blue UAS certification, meaning a fully NDAA-compliant supply chain with no reliance on China.
"You can look at our boards, you can look at all of the chips that go onto our boards. Those will not have ever touched China."
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒
(00:00) Soren Monroe-Anderson, Co-Founder & CEO at Neros Technologies
(01:02) $250M Series C at a $2.5B valuation
(03:34) Working with Shawn Maguire
(04:25) Inside the Army's $500M drone contract
(05:38) How the Ukraine war rewrote modern combat
(08:05) The Interceptor drones taking over the battlefield
(10:31) How many drones China really makes in a year
(12:55) Is it even possible to build a drone without China?
(16:09) China is arming both sides of the war
(17:08) What actually separates Neros from every other drone company
(19:55) The biggest BS claims in defense tech right now
(20:51) Why most defense startups never actually deploy?
(22:58) Neros’s growth to over 250 employees
(24:00) Why defense startups need to screen for spies
(25:29) The Talent bottleneck slowing down American manufacturing
(26:51) How AI is quietly reshaping engineers
(29:43) The biggest myth about re-industrializing America
(30:50) Neros's plan to build drones with U.S. allies
(32:53) The brutal tradeoff between speed and scale
(34:51) Why Neros keeps a permanent office in Ukraine?
(35:52) What actually happens on a modern battlefield?
(37:41) How Starlink is changing drone warfare
(39:14) What happens when a drone loses its signal
(40:41) Soren’s learnings from Kelly Johnson
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